The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting that mosquitoes trapped recently in Bryan Park in North Richmond tested positive for West Nile Virus — fairly early in the season. Mosquitoes being trapped on the city’s North Side are testing positive for West Nile virus at a higher than expected rate, prompting city health officials to remind residents [...]
Earlier in July, we missed the Times-Dispatch’s profile of Brooks Bozman, owner of Bellevue’s Mercury String Shop. Here’s a snippet from the longer article: Bozman has been a professional cellist and teacher for 25 years and studied instrument repair in Baltimore while studying with Mihaly Virizlay of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. After a three-year course [...]
North Richmond’s favorite coffee shop has landed on the #2 spot on Richmond magazine’s “Best Nonchain Coffee Shop” list in the August issue. Buz and Ned’s Real Barbecue on North Boulevard is a distant neighbor, situated as it is just over the tracks from our North Richmond News boundaries. But we still believe it’s where [...]
You might not know it, but the man behind Church Hill People’s News — schoolteacher John Murden — has helped others in the city launch community weblogs, including North Richmond News. CHPN was tapped by Richmond magazine this month as one of its “media pleasures.” The Church Hill People’s News is a neighborhood blog that [...]
The August issue of Richmond magazine includes the Third District’s Carol Wolf in its “Objects of Our Affection” list. She lands at #7 on the 20-person list: “For five years, Carol Wolf has served as the 3rd District representative on the Richmond School Board. She takes stands and won’t be bullied. A former reporter, her [...]
GPRA is holding an ice cream social tonight (7/26) at 6:30 pm at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. The GPRA quarterly meeting will be held on 8/14/2007 (7:30 pm) at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church.
Rosedale will celebrate National Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 7, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the grounds of Christ Ascension Episcopal Church (at Hermitage and Laburnum). ~Bring Your Own Picnic Supper (Small grills are acceptable!) ~Drinks and dessert will be provided ~All kinds of old fashioned entertainments & games ~A fire [...]
Councilman Chris Hilbert, representing Northside’s Third District, has canceled the July 25th Northside 3rd meeting. The next Third District meeting will be held August 22, 2007. District meetings include district and citywide topics being presented and discussed. Northside Third District Meetings are usually held the 4th Wednesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at the [...]
From today’s Times-Dispatch comes news that the Vegetarian Society of Richmond will be stopping by our ‘hood: The Vegetarian Society of Richmond will host a day of vegan food and baseball Aug. 5. The organization is reserving a block of box seats at The Diamond for a 2 p.m. Braves game against Louisville. A pre-game [...]
This week’s Style Weekly has another tidbit about North Richmond’s dining options, courtesy of food critic Deveron Timberlake: Smoke Free in North Side North Siders are still blogging about the smoke-free dining options around their neighborhood, including Northside Grille, which opened last month and is already packing in a crowd of regulars. A big comfort-food [...]
